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By Bethany Frasier

Bethany Frasier
Biology
Are viruses alive? Virologist chart hints at a larger debate around Covid-19
Inverse - Nina Pullano
SARS-CoV-2 is a virus that causes Covid-19. It's just one of the 219 — and counting — viruses that can infect humans. Three to four new species are …
1 day ago
Bethany Frasier
Museums
Shuttered natural history museums fight for survival amid COVID-19 ‘heartbreak’
sciencemag.org - Elizabeth Pennisi
A few months ago, retirement was the furthest thing from David Thomas’s mind. “Then the world went upside down,” recalls the archaeologist from the …
22 hours ago
Bethany Frasier
Travel
Museum of Underwater Art
Atlas Obscura
Not many museums literally take your breath away. But then Australia’s Museum of Underwater Art (MOUA) isn’t like most museums. The first—and …
1 day ago
Bethany Frasier
Intensive Care
A Day in the Life of a COVID-19 Physician
scientificamerican.com - Benjamin Stix
I decided to write this essay because I needed something to help process everything that I am seeing and doing as a resident physician working in …
1 day ago
Bethany Frasier
Science
The grand old trees of the world are dying, leaving forests younger and shorter
National Geographic - Craig Welch
The effects on wildlife and the ability of forests to store CO2 from fossil fuels could be enormous. California’s giant sequoias can live for more than 3,000 years, their trunks stretching two car lengths
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